Zhang Yu returned to the garrison and summoned Wen Liang and Shi Yue, asking them to jointly handle the specific communications with the Military Prefecture garrison. Both agreed.
As for how the Military Prefecture would transport the mysterious armaments there and launch the attack, he had no need to ask about such details. He trusted that the Military Prefecture would find a way to resolve them.
Over the following days, he cultivated while searching outside for ruins. By mid-March, Yantai Academy had sent him a thick tome.
He had written to borrow this from Old Lu. It mainly recorded an ancient ruin called Helier.
This ruin was said to have existed for two eras. Naturally, its owners had not been the same group of people throughout. After the original inhabitants vanished, later arrivals occupied the place and rebuilt it. In the end, it was destroyed in the Turbid Tide as well. Only a handful escaped, and it was these survivors who brought news of this ancient kingdom to the outside world.
According to the legends of Helier, it possessed two divine artifacts: the "Wish-Granting Box" and the "Jar of Immortality." The former was said to grant any wish, while the latter could make one live forever.
But in his view, the tales had certainly been exaggerated. Otherwise, Helier would not have been destroyed in the Turbid Tide.
Still, such ancient objects that carried the weight of belief might well contain source energy.
There was also an enclosed letter from Old Lu at the back of the tome. It contained an abundance of writing, and his excitement was evident between the lines.
Although scholars of antiquities like Old Lu often surveyed ancient sites in the wilderness, they usually could not reach places too far from the Azure Yang Upper Continent.
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